Valley Breeze

First Student finalizing merger plans

LINCOLN – First Student is finalizing plans ahead of the next school year as Lincoln and Smithfield prepare to merge school transportation services.
CBS News

Deal reached to avert First Student school bus driver strike that loomed over Massachusetts communities

Penny Kmitt is a reporter for WBZ-TV's morning news. She joined the station in December 2023 from CBS-affiliate WTKR in Norfolk, Virginia. A possible bus driver strike that had some Massachusetts ...
AOL

First Student bus workers authorize strike

UPDATE (11:03 am, March 26): First Student has released a statement on negotiations with the Teamsters union: First Student remains committed and fully engaged in good-faith negotiations with the ...
WDSU

First Student reaches tentative agreement to avoid strike

THEY PROMISED TO TURN DOWN THE BRIGHTNESS. WHEN THAT COMPLAINT FIRST BEGAN. NEW DETAILS NOW ON THE TALKS BETWEEN BUS DRIVERS AND THEIR UNION, THE GROUP HAS AVERTED A POTENTIAL STRIKE AFTER REACHING A ...

School bus workers vote to approve strike against First Student

First Student is used by several districts in the area, including Belvidere, Rockton and DeKalb.
The Providence Journal

First Student bus drivers avert strike that would have impacted RI

The agreement comes as the current contract expired on March 31 First Student employs 17,000 school bus workers across the country The new union contract is described as "strong" and "fair" The ...